"Here, fill in your name...... Oh...... Qi is it...... I guess this is not for you. ”

On a wrinkled yellow fat face that was deeper than the wood grain on the old broken table in front of him, his puffy eyes were checking the registration form that Qi Yu had filled out, and occasionally glanced at Qi Yu in the previous round.

When he had finished reading it, the thick, hard pale yellow papyrus was shaken by the fat hand of the man's little finger, which was still dripping with olive oil from the half-eaten burrito next to him.

"Chiron! If you insult Qi like this again, I will stuff this Huzma into your nose and let you eat enough! Mark was so angry with the undisguised contempt and ridicule of the old hooligan of the registered battalion that he couldn't help but step forward, but he was tightly pulled by Qi Yu, who was like nothing.

Mark couldn't help it. The day before yesterday, he patronized and watched the excitement, and at the gate of the city, he lost even the crystal of the carriage, so that his dozens of years old face had nowhere to put it. The search was fruitless, but he returned to the camp but received the news that his brother had not left any armor in the field, and he was so heartbroken that he didn't even participate in the entrance ceremony of the queen and the empty prince.

At the end of the ceremony, before his anxiety and sorrow had passed, Mark was reappointed by the queen as the new Treasurer of Ordnance. And in a few days he will be in charge of the Queen's Janissaries. I have no experience, and I am simply anxious.

The only good news was that his good brother Qi, who had disappeared, had also been sent over by the herald.

Qi Except for the reappeared, his eyes completely changed. With great difficulty, Mark learned from the herald that Qi's good luck had been ruined by Qi's own hands during the entrance ceremony, which was said to have offended the empty prince who had just returned. Fortunately, the person was fine, but he was returned to his hometown, which was the Kingdom Armory Guard Camp that Mark told Qi Yu.

How could such a good person as Qi offend the prince for no reason. Mark couldn't help muttering in his heart, looking at Qi Yu's appearance as if he had changed into a person, thinking that he was wearing small shoes because he was jealous? Is this simply lice on the monk's head, you see, even old Chilun, who is only interested in eating, said the same.

What else can Mark say, it's a shame, it is better to be able to participate in the entrance ceremony of the king's guard than to be an armory guard. Thinking of this, Mark was no longer in the mood to reason with Old Chilun, patted the back of Qi Yu's hand and sighed, turned to Old Chilun who continued to chew Hu Zima after completing the formalities and said, "Hey, Qilun." Chief Mark is gone, and Mark Jr. is gone, so I'm just a brother...... Can you help me, help me. ”

Staring at Mark closely, he finally found the meaning of pleading in the depths of Mark's eyes, and Old Chilun threw aside Hu Zima, who was inseparable from his hand, and his body was straight, as if he had completely changed into a person. Qi Lun's fat hands full of scarred pine bark were crossed, and he put them on the table, his eyes looked solemnly at Qi Yu and Mark, and he sat there quietly, and it was a long time before the old Qi Lun spoke again, his eyes were no longer fixed, and his soul did not know where he went.

"It was at this table that I was recruited by your brother into the Praetorian Guard Camp back then. It was also in that year that I followed your brother and the new brothers into the river of Amuza in the eternal night. I'll never forget ......."

Crystal gradually overflowed Mark's bubble eyes. Mark's eyes were filled with despair and sadness.

"Three hundred people, good men of the Praetorian Guard. In the end, only fifteen remained. ”

"I remember the names of each and every one of them, but I dare not mention them again."

"It is not the land of their homeland that accompanies them in eternal sleep, but the boundless eternal night and darkness."

"I'm scared to go back there, and I don't want to send these good kids there." The despair and sadness in Mark's eyes slowly faded, and he threw himself at the Praetorian Guards who were training in the distance, and an inexplicable regret arose.

"Since he came back, your brother has been taking care of the remaining old brothers. My legs are useless and I can only register here, year after year, watching more good kids come here to join the Praetorian Guard. ”

"I don't want to know why they joined. For the sake of life, for the sake of the queen, for the sake of experience. All I remember is the dark bottom of the Amuza River, and the countless souls there. ”

"Mark, you're not like him, not at all. I just want to ask you, do you really need Qi to accompany your fragile pile of shit to spend the rest of your days...... Are you really ready to become the new Kingdom Armory Treasurer? Get ready...... Did you become the Mark who had to cry silently for countless dead brothers that night? ”

The old man in front of him seemed to have returned to the years he didn't want to look back, the coldness in his eyes and the sneer on the corner of his mouth reminded Qi Yu and Mark that the people sitting here were veterans who had survived a hundred battles.

The hidden thoughts in his heart were called out, and Mark stared blankly at the old Chilun in front of him, who was completely different from before, and lost his words. At this time, a pair of hands patted his shoulder, strong and warm. Mark looked sideways, it was Qi Yu, Qi Yu looked at the veteran Qi Lun without squinting, and stretched out his hands: "So, next, you should give me the equipment, right?" ”

Old Qi Lun looked at Qi Yu and nodded: "Okay, kid, since you have your reasons, I think we should continue." He turned around and threw a bunch of things back on the table from behind him on the shelf, and then shook his chin to Qi: "Pretty boy, that's it, since you want to be a janissaries, you have to look like a janissake." You put these things on, practice well and don't hurt yourself. ”

Mark looked at the pile of rags, his face flushed again, he just clenched his fist and put it down again. After all, you have to take care of your own affairs. I hope that Old Chilun's agitation method is effective, let Qi go, even if he goes back to his tribe, it is better than accompanying himself.

It's just that Qi Yu didn't satisfy Old Qilun, and didn't mind looking at the sweaty sackcloth in front of him, the tattered and thick leather armor and the rusty spear and short knife, all of which were replaced without changing their faces. Then his body straightened, and the lines of his face seemed to harden, and he stood handsomely in front of old Chilun like the idol of the god he had seen that day.

Old Qi Lun looked at the admirable warrior in front of him for a long time, sighed, took out something from the belly of the table and put it in front of Qi Yu, and motioned for him to put it on: "Qi, you are a good boy." Forget it, I'll give you this thing too. With that, he stood up with great difficulty holding on to the table, as if preparing to leave.

Qi Yu put it on. It was an old black helmet, with long black iron feathers rising backwards from the front brim, containing a formidable momentum and murderous aura. The brim of the helmet and the nose guard are more downward-facing than the usual light helmet, covering the forehead and eyes, making it difficult to see the face and eyes.

The helmet is clean inside and out, and it seems to be wiped clean frequently. After Qi Yu put it on, most of his attention-grabbing face was hidden, and with his tall and handsome figure and deeper eyes under the helmet, the whole person's temperament changed.

Old Chilun walked a few steps on crutches, looked back unwillingly, and stayed for a long time before rubbing his eyes and leaving faster. Mark followed a few steps and shouted from behind, "Chiron! Where was Qi assigned? ”

The words came from afar: "Guards of the city! 3rd class! You take him! ”

Third-class city guards? What to do. Qi Yu turned his head to look at Mark, and Mark couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The city guard is responsible for the security of the city gate, and the third class is only responsible for maintaining the security of the city outside the city gate and the order of the city people." But it's also safer. Qi, I'm sorry, I originally wanted you to follow ......"

Hearing this, Qi Yu hurriedly stopped Mark, and there was no disappointment on his face. How could it be disappointed? Although it's just a gatekeeper patrolling the streets, I think there is still a chance to take a look at the people who have been thinking about it for a long time. Thinking of this, Qi Yu couldn't help but smile in his heart, isn't he the same unit as before, understand.

Qi Yu, who was a little funny, saw that Mark next to him was not in a high mood and felt guilty, so he stepped forward and gave him a punch and smiled: "Master Mark Treasurer, sir, you will cover me in the future." ”

Seeing that Qi Yu was really nothing unusual, Mark relieved himself and smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Don't worry!" Even! I must prepare as soon as possible so that my brother's soul can rest in Osiris. ”

Qi Yu nodded, swearing by Osiris, it is a very heavy oath here, and those who break the oath will fall into the abyss forever.

It's just that your brother is not there now, Qi Yu sighed at Mark in his heart, and the last conversation in yesterday's dream sounded.

"Mark, am I dreaming?"

"No, your brain is connected to the river map."

"Hetu? Did I hear it wrong? Legends of my home country? What the hell is this? ”

"It's okay, Qi Yu, let's talk about it slowly in the future. By the way, I'll leave it to Hetu next. ”

"Huh? Mark, don't go, what the hell is going on? ”

“......”

"Okay, Qi Yu, stop screaming, Mark is dormant with me. By the way, I'm Hetu. ”

"When we meet for the first time, I have two small gifts here, not a tribute, you hurry up and pick one to eat."

"Well, pick one, blue? Red? ...... Don't make a fuss! Pick it up! ”

“......”

Thinking of the Mark in the dream and the strange river map, Qi Yu felt that his choice was not wrong, since this cosmic god is going to start again, since this mortal is like an ant, then I, an ant, will have to go my own way, if I don't go around, how can I know if this universe is really no way out.

As for the right or wrong choice, the "Hetu", which is highly similar to artificial intelligence, the former Mark Treasurer who slept with it, and the words of the two in the dream have already shown that no matter how humble the obedience is, there is never a way to live!

How to go in the future Qi Yu had already made up his mind, tidied up his armor and appearance again, and refused Mark to accompany him to the city gate guard to report, so he said goodbye. It's good to go alone to report, it's good to have someone take care of you, but since you want to take the road that others haven't taken, it's better to step on the ground with your feet on the ground.

As for the background or something, the son is a prince and the deceased wife is a queen, does it count as a background?

Qi Yu sneered at himself, and strode towards the city gate guards, on the way to the city gate, the city guards dressed like himself were busy back and forth. They carefully lowered the black lamp pot from the blackened lamppost with the head of the column that had been smoked black and yellow, refilled the firewood and grease to protect the fire and lit it, and then pulled the black chain up.

The lively flames danced warmly in the lamp pot, warming the surrounding streets in the twilight. The wings of Dacobett, which had been guarded for three days, had just risen, and the steaming mist on the Samen River, which had become clear again in the distance, stained the twilight halo into an unreal dream, and the lights were blurred in the gradually thicker fog, like countless dying stars, rising in the dream.

When I came back to my senses, the city gate guards had arrived, and the ordinary three-story flat-roofed brick house, wide and simple, was not far from the city gate. The captain of the Castle Guard who received him was a very peaceful uncle. His only question was Qi Yu's helmet, but after seeing Qi Yu's true face, the uncle was thoughtful and asked Qi Yu to put the helmet on.

After the report, the captain's uncle didn't let Qi Yu go to work immediately, and called a few guards under the rotation to go shopping and eat together to catch the wind for Qi Yu. On the way to the restaurant, Qi Yu was finally able to relax and take a good look at the street.

The Samen River is flanked by farmland, and the people of the outer city, who have been working for a long day, like to relax in the streets of the day when the twilight is still over. Or husband and wife, or couple, or old and young. As night fell, all kinds of people walked through the streets, and the streets began to crowd.

The shouting of business and the noise of happiness everywhere reminded Qi Yu of the old street of his hometown, and hoped that everything would be fine in that world. The warm slap from his back interrupted Qi Yu's thoughts. It's Uncle Captain.

"Qi, don't think about it, do it well, and one day you will be back there." The uncle pointed in the direction of the palace with his finger rolling the yellow leaves: "Uncle is ordinary, and everyone is ordinary." The uncle is still looking forward to the day when there will be people in the city gate guards who can go there. You're young and have a chance. Uncle believes in his eyes. ”

After speaking, Uncle Captain lit the rolled leaves, took a deep breath and spat out thick smoke, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes stretched out at that moment. Qi Yu nodded and made a begging gesture to the captain's uncle, who was stunned for a moment, laughed and handed the burning leaves to Qi Yu.

Qi Yu coughed as he smoked the taste of the distant world. The captain uncle and several of the same big brothers of the guards who were spitting clouds and fog couldn't help laughing, and in an instant, the distance between everyone, which was not far away, disappeared all at once.

After smoking for a while, the captain's uncle beckoned everyone into a restaurant on the side of the road. The fragrant olive oil lamp, the baked cakes and the rattling roast meat suddenly aroused everyone's cravings, and a lean city guard brother openly sounded a loud cooing sound in his suffocated stomach.

Everyone hurriedly sat down, and the food came up quickly, and they all opened their mouths without greeting each other. The cake is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, wrapped in a rich spice sauce and sliced oily yellow barbecue, with green sour melon strips and fresh verdant vegetable leaves, etc., one bite down, falling into an empty stomach, and then pouring a sip of wine, spitting out the wine residue, beautiful!

"Qi! You try this! "A big brother of the city guard handed over a roasted quail that had just come up, and a little bit of brown spices like sesame seeds and green fine mincs stuck to the oily crispy skin of the roasted quail, which was really good! Qi Yu's eyes lit up, and he reached out and took it.

The big brother of the city guard opened his mouth and raised his glass to Qi Yu. Then, the successive bricks and stones crushed the big brother of the city guard to the ground in front of Qi Yu's eyes.

The restaurant became hell in an instant, full of cries and cries for help crushed by the sudden collapse.

The young man who was roasting the meat was pressed against the grill by the beam, and his head, face and hands were pressed against the iron grill of the roasting meat on the grill, and immediately the skin of the meat was opened, and he struggled for a while, his hair was also burned, and the miserable screams were heard far away from the restaurant. Qi Yu didn't have time to save at all, and the young man stopped struggling.

There was a wailing in the restaurant, so many people were crushed, the whole roof and half of the walls collapsed, and the beams burned on the ovens and grills, and soon joined together.

Qi Yu was fine, his head was bruised, and after reacting from the death of the young man, Qi Yu pulled everyone up with the uncle next to him and hurried to save the other diners.

There was also chaos on the streets, with pedestrians scattering and fleeing when they saw the fire, and some people, especially nearby shops and homes, came with containers to put out the fire.

The restaurant was not large, and soon the fire was extinguished, thick white smoke rose from the ruins, and all the diners were rescued except for the young man who was roasting, more or less wounded, and under the comfort of the people, they were sluggish and wailing in pain. Qi Yu's city guards were also seriously injured, in addition to crushes, there were also cuts and burns from firefighting. It's just that everyone can hold on.

Finally settled down, and after the captain and uncle handed over the reinforcements to the city guard who rushed to hear the news, he took everyone back to the camp to treat his injuries. It's just that the words of the captain's uncle at the time of handover attracted Qi Yu's attention. The uncle said that he felt that the house was not strong and caused the sudden collapse, which caused the tragedy. These descriptions made Qi Yu feel that there was always something wrong, and at that time, in front of Qi Yu, in addition to the roof, there was also a wall that collapsed inward.

The reinforcements in front of them were still extinguishing the dark fire in the ruins, and some of the guards ran out of water, so they turned around and ran into the darkness behind the restaurant to bring water back to save them. Qi Yu, who was pondering while following his uncle, saw this scene when he inadvertently turned his head to look back.

There is the Samen River not far behind the restaurant, which is very convenient to get water to extinguish the fire. The Samen River and this street always gave Qi Yu a very familiar but indescribable feeling, and holding it in Qi Yu's chest made Qi Yu have a sense of foreboding.

Another dark fire rekindled, and it also set fire to the house next door, I don't know if it ignited any flammable materials, and the fire instantly rose high. Fortunately, people in the vicinity have been evacuated. A large number of city guards were also on hand to maintain order and put out fires.

The rising fire shone far as the banks of the Samen River. Qi Yu caught a glimpse of something unusual on the Samen River at this moment.

At that moment, a snow-white spray rose on the river, which was much higher than usual, and near the riverbank, several short black shadows suddenly appeared and disappeared at the edge of the firelight. Qi Yu stopped and looked at the place, his eyes cold.

"Qi, keep up! Take care of your injuries and get ready to go back to work! We're going to double the post tonight! The captain's uncle was a little anxious when he saw Qi Yu suddenly stop. This guy has just arrived, so don't be distracted.

Qi Yu glanced back at his uncle, as if he knew what he was thinking, and said earnestly, "Captain, I'm fine." I'd like to check it out again and help everyone, okay? I have a lot of strength, I can help! After speaking, he rolled up his sleeves and flexed his arms to show off his muscles.

It turns out that this is the case, although Qi is a little impulsive, he is a good boy. Uncle Captain nodded with satisfaction and said, "Go ahead, be careful." Forget it, when you're done, go back to the garrison camp to rest. I'll arrange the rest. ”

Qi Yu didn't say anything, nodded, and rushed towards the road he came.